{"id":65197,"date":"2026-01-27T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=65197"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:01:24","slug":"fourth-industrial-revolution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-01-2026\/fourth-industrial-revolution-2","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Industrial Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The World Economic Forum (WEF) will establish five new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including one in India&#8217;s <strong>Andhra Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Network<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network is a global platform for <strong>multi- stakeholder collaboration<\/strong> involving governments, industry, academia and civil society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was launched by the <strong>World Economic Forum in 2017<\/strong> to ensure that emerging and exponential technologies deliver societal benefits while minimising risks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The focus areas of these centres would include<strong> AI innovation, the energy transition, cyber resilience, and frontier technologies.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Existing centres span <strong>Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas<\/strong>, reflecting region-specific priorities within a global governance framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Newly Announced Centres<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>European Centre for AI Excellence, Paris (France): <\/strong>Aims to enhance Europe\u2019s global competitiveness through sovereign and trustworthy AI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centre for AI-Driven Innovation, London (United Kingdom): <\/strong>Explores AI convergence with frontier technologies such as quantum and biotechnology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centre for Frontier Technologies, Abu Dhabi (UAE):<\/strong> Concentrates on quantum technologies, robotics and space, with strong public\u2013private collaboration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centre for Intelligent Future, Abu Dhabi (UAE): <\/strong>Focuses on linking frontier AI research with economic and societal challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centre for Energy and Cyber Resilience, Andhra Pradesh (India):<\/strong> Promotes innovation in energy transition and strengthens cyber resilience across industries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global Significance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Strengthens international cooperation<\/strong> on responsible adoption of emerging technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enables sharing of regional insights<\/strong> to address global technology challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supports governments<\/strong> in developing adaptive, future-ready regulatory frameworks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinforces the role of <strong>technology as a driver of inclusive growth <\/strong>and sustainable development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)<\/strong><br><br>&#8211; The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) refers to a new phase of technological transformation in which the physical, digital and biological worlds are increasingly converging.\u00a0<br>&#8211; Unlike earlier revolutions that were driven by a single breakthrough, 4IR is powered by the simultaneous, rapid advancement and fusion of multiple technologies.<br><br><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"218\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-65200\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0f0; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-181247.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-181247.png 370w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-27-181247-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Economy\/wef-to-launch-five-new-centres-for-fourth-industrial-revolution-one-in-india\/article70542082.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Context <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The World Economic Forum (WEF) will establish five new Centres for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including one in India&#8217;s Andhra Pradesh.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong> Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Network <\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> The Fourth Industrial Revolution Network is a global platform for multi- stakeholder collaboration involving governments, industry, academia and civil society. <\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\"> It was launched by the World Economic Forum in 2017 to ensure that emerging and exponential technologies deliver societal benefits while minimising risks. <\/li>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-01-2026\/fourth-industrial-revolution-2 \" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65197"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65225,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65197\/revisions\/65225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}